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Why is it more barbaric than death penalty for something like murder? How much damage would 27B in corruption cause to people and society?
by wubrr 3y ago
Why is it more barbaric than death penalty for something like murder? How much damage would 27B in corruption cause to people and society?
- shp0ngle 3y agoEveryone steals in Vietnam. Every time the communists change positions in the politburo, the new communist in charge arrests the previous one for corruption. And so it goes. (Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the one who was hailed for zero covid previously, was later arrested for... stealing covid funds. Oh wow, who knew) There is 0 trust between actual people for the party. People just shut up because the economy is doing fine and people have jobs.
- monero-xmr 3y agoMy friend worked in Vietnam and Laos for several years. Every company had to hire a communist party member on staff who rarely showed up. When they did they would demand everyone go drinking, paid for by the company.
- kneel 3y agoCommunist parties sound like fun
- NoGravitas 3y agoAin't no party like a Communist party. The Communists have the music.
- Saigonautica 3y agoI own a company in Vietnam. I do not do this, and was never asked to do this. To the best of my knowledge, neither have any of my other colleagues that own businesses.
- monero-xmr 3y agoHe worked at a few large companies with offices, and this is what he told me. Maybe you need to be big and legacy with a physical footprint. But this is what he told me. He has a lot of very interesting anecdotes. For example in Laos if you impregnate a woman as a foreigner, you have to marry her, under penalty of death. So his girlfriends were always trying to mess with his condoms, try to get him to have unprotected sex, and various oddities. So he claimed
- olddustytrail 3y agoIt seems your friend is prone to tall tales and you are incredibly gullible. No connection to your username at all...
- ceejayoz 3y agoThis particular one appears to be at least partially accurate - forced marriage on penalty of death sounds like a significant exaggeration. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Laos.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-tra... Under "Local Laws & Special Circumstances": > Relationships with Lao citizens: Lao law prohibits cohabitation or sexual contact between foreign citizens and Lao nationals except when the two parties have been married in accordance with Lao Family Law. Any foreigner who cohabitates with or enters into a sexual relationship with a Lao national risks being interrogated, detained, arrested, or fined. Foreigners are not permitted to invite Lao nationals of the opposite sex to their hotel rooms, and police may raid hotel rooms without notice or consent. Foreigners, including U.S. citizens of Lao descent, are not allowed to stay in the homes of Lao nationals, even family, without the prior consent of the village chief and local police.
- lostemptations5 3y agoYeah these are complete fabrications.
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- ceejayoz 3y agoWe have those in the West, they're just called "team building exercises".
- spxneo 3y agoFrom what I've seen in south korea recently, that is pretty chill if all they want to do is go to KTV and drink. Samsung was forced to hire a bunch of "socialist leaning/political victims" who wants to nationalize the company and turn it into their piggy bank (this will most likely happen after recent election results)
- alephnerd 3y agoYou're yelling at the sky. All these HNers don't even know about To Lam's whole Saltbae scandal and how he still remains on top, let alone all the other grafts and political insider shit that happens.
- wubrr 3y agoI mean, if they're all corrupt, I don't really feel bad for them going after each other either.